Strange things that give you a kind of "ick" in everyday life

[CariahMary]

I don't mean getting the "ick" about a sexual or romantic partner. And I don't mean being put-off by things that are actually pretty grim. I mean random things that you inexplicably find a bit off-putting in everyday life.

For me, I get a kind of "ick" when I read other people talking about food on forums MN I honestly had no idea why. It's so odd, I really like reading food descriptions in books but in forums I find it really off-putting.

In the real-world, I also really hate opening other people's fridges. They always smell weird (different from my own). I have to hold my breath.

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Old women or men swearing. Also, old women who have had their nails done. Real ick!

People tugging on their eyebrows 🤮 Men who wear trousers and shoes with no socks. Why is that a thing these days?

Men who wear thin jumpers with nothing underneath so you can see their nipples poking at the fabric.

Men who wear very low cut v neck tops.

Omg yes. And it’s always pink

Your post has made me determined to carry on swearing until my last breath.

What’s wrong with them having their nails done? Or swearing for that matter?

I do an aqua class at my gym on a Monday and every week a guy in his early 30s comes in, wearing the tightest, tiniest swimming trunks (like they wore in the 70s). He goes from the sauna to the jacuzzi, to the showers and back again, and they are all right in front of us as we do the class. Total ick!

The word 'soups', e.g. on a blackboard outside a cafe: 'soups, sandwiches, salads'.

As a PP said, the word 'juices' - 'get those creative juices flowing' 😖

Writers who use the 'somethingly something' form, e.g. 'deliciously different'. Grrrrr!! And don't get me started on the food brand Deliciously Ella...

Patronising, wannabe-amusing food and drink packaging covered in pretentious waffly nonsense (aka Wackaging). The Oatly oat milk I get from my milkman being a particularly egregious example.

The Monty Bojangles jingle, where a woman sings 'Mmmonty BoJANgles!' in an incredibly annoying way. Luckily I don't watch live TV so I only encounter it in the ads at Everyman cinemas as they have a tie-in with them. But that's bad enough. I cover my ears. And actually just the name Monty Bojangles is ick-filled!!

Other women’s breast milk

I thought of more...

Socks and slides

People who talk really loudly and like they are just about to break into laughter all the time. There was one bloke at work who did this and it set my teeth on edge. And he laughed way too loud. Fortunately he left, but unfortunately I now see him all around my area talking to his young kids in the street, the cafe...😄

Calf length white socks with leggings. I know people under about 35 think it's cool and the rules are that they must all copy each other to not be uncool, but it looks absolutely crap and makes even long legs look stumpy. No way would I wear this as my legs are stumpy enough, trainer socks all the way and to hell with being uncool.

Loving this thread. Mine are: the word 'tasty' (it's meaningless); 'eats' when used as a noun (what's wrong with 'snack' or 'canapé'); the word 'hubby' (tends to be used by women who see their husband as a personal property/handyman hybrid); straight, older men walking toy dogs (I dismiss them as spineless wimps, sent out by their wives); heavily inked tattoos on men that arise from their collar and extend up the side of their neck; men in tight swimming trunks who tuck their fag packet in the hip-level elastic; carpet in bathrooms (all those germs and splashed wee), nylon sheets (probably don't exist anymore); the injunction to a woman by a man to 'slip into something more comfortable' (very 70s soft porn mag and say what you mean -'You are a sex object and I'm going to f**k you'); men sticking their tongue in my ear (too noisy, too breathy, too wet; just no); a metal ice-cream scoop lodged in a glass jug of water so the water goes cloudy.

Fish breath, as in when someone has just eaten fish and they stand right next to you and you can smell their breath. Happened to me today, I nearly puked.

Fake nails. Esp thick, long and painted. And people tapping them. Urgh i wonder what lies beneath.

I think some wear 'no-show' socks. I think if is saw DH in 'no-show' socks that would give me the ick!

Really bitten down nails. For some reason my superpower is to notice immediately - often see people on TV and it can put me off their role

Adolescent boy's down nails. I'm physically repulsed by this

The name of this platform. And that I’m probably classed as a ‘mums netter’ for spending time on it 🤢 I love the platform and get a lot from it personally. I just wish they’d rebrand.

Men eating yogurt with a teaspoon out of a little plastic pot. It just seems so unmanly somehow. Even worse if they scrape the sides at the end, or the lid at the beginning.

The NHS do this all the time in their info leaflets etc. I hate it. I’m not five years old, I know what ‘abdomen’ and ‘stomach’ mean!

The modern obsession with protein gives me the ick.

When people sing along to songs but jump in too early /start the line too soon. I’ve just heard someone doing it to a Christmas song. So keen to bang those lines out.

When people sign their Christmas cards from them, their family and their pets.

People 'clacking' on a spoon when they are eating - hitting or dragging it on their teeth so it makes a noise. Ugh. Did no-one ever tell them how annoying it is (and childish)?